The transition from upper secondary school to post-secondary education

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Tables and graphs

• Name	Type	Date
  Key figures - The transition to post-secondary education within 1 year. Distribution by sex. Percent	Table	2026-05-26
  Rate of transition to higher education within 1-10 years among pupils who completed a program of upper secondary school 1993/94-2024/25. Distriubution by sex and type of program	Excel file	2026-11-04
  Rate of transition to higher education within 3 years among pupils who completed a program of upper secondary school 1990/91-2022/23. Distribution by programme. Percent	Excel file	2026-11-04

Tables in the Statistical Database

• Post-secondary/tertiary education

  Name	Date
  Upper secondary school graduates who commenced post-secondary education within one, three, five or ten years, by region, programme, sex, eligibility, and grades. Graduation year 2013/2014 - 2023/2024	2026-05-26
  Upper secondary school graduates who commenced post-secondary education within one, three, five or ten years, by sex, programme, responsible organisation, eligibility, grades, national background, and parents´ level of education. Graduation year 2013/2014 - 2023/2024	2026-05-26

• Higher education

  Name	Date
  Upper secondary school graduates who commenced higher education within one, three, five or ten years, by region, programme, sex, eligibility, and grades. Graduation year 2013/2014 - 2024/2025	2026-11-04
  Upper secondary school graduates who commenced higher education studies within one, three, five or ten years, by sex, programme, responsible organisation, eligibility, grades, national background, and parents´ level of education. Graduation year 2013/2014 - 2024/2025	2026-11-04
  Students having completed upper secondary school education by municipality, enrolment in higher education within three years and sex. Academic year 2003/04 - 2014/15	2019-05-09
  Students having completed upper secondary school education by programme, enrolment in higher education within three years and sex. Academic year 2003/04 - 2014/15	2019-05-09

• Higher vocational education

  Name	Date
  Upper secondary school graduates who commenced higher vocational education studies within one, three, five or ten years, by region, programme, sex, eligibility, and grades. Graduation year 2013/2014 - 2023/2024	2026-05-26
  Upper secondary school graduates who commenced higher vocational education studies within one, three or five years, by sex, programme, responsible organisation, eligibility, grades, national background and parents´ level of education. Graduation year 2013/2014 - 2020/2021	2023-05-31

• Folk high schools

  Name	Date
  Upper secondary school graduates who commenced a specific course at a folk high school within one, three, five years, by region, programme, sex, eligibility, and grades. Graduation year 2013/2014 - 2023/2024	2026-05-26
  Upper secondary school graduates who commenced at a specific course at a folk high school within one, three, or five years by sex, programme, responsible organisation, eligibility, grades, background and parents´ level of education. Graduation year 2013/2014 - 2020/2021	2023-05-31

• Fine arts and culture programmes

  Name	Date
  Upper secondary school graduates who commenced arts and cultural programmes within one, three, five or ten years, by region, programme, sex, eligibility, and grades. Graduation year 2013/2014 - 2023/2024	2026-05-26
  Upper secondary school graduates who commenced arts and cultural programmes within one, three, or five years, by sex, programme, responsible organisation, eligibility, grades, national background, and parents´ level of education. Graduation year 2013/2014 - 2020/2021	2023-05-31